Although the queen lost the right to manage the harem, as long as she was a queen, the concubines still had to pay homage to her every day.

Even though Zhang Zhaoyi has been demoted from the original concubine Shu to Zhaoyi and is no longer as favored as before, she is just a little more restrained than before. It is not easy to make her change her temper.

No, to say hello today, she was the last one to step in.

In the past, Zhang Zhaoyi relied on himself to be favored and had the support of the General's Office behind him, so he often offended the queen.

Seeing that Zhang Zhao had fallen out of favor, the queen naturally wanted to take revenge for her past, but she had never been able to catch the other party's fault, so she could not cause trouble for her.

"Sister Zhang is here. Our sisters have all arrived a long time ago. We are just waiting for you." The queen saw Zhang Zhaoyi walking in slowly, and her tone was neither salty nor cool.

Zhang Zhaoyi paid his respects to the queen, and then said calmly: "I am not late. It is because everyone came too early. You cannot blame me."

The queen's original intention was to make everyone dissatisfied with Zhang Zhaoyi, but she didn't want Zhang Zhaoyi's words to break her plan, so she could only laugh and said: "I am just talking, I don't mean to blame you."

Zhang Zhaoyi said nothing when he heard this, but felt extremely disdainful in his heart.

The two of them had never dealt with each other. Her queen couldn't stand her, so how could he like her?

If she hadn't been so many years younger than her, the person who originally married the emperor would never have had her turn.

Zhang Zhaoyi looked at the place where Jiang Wan usually sat, but found that the person sitting there was not Jiang Wan, but Liu Xiurong.

The queen's attention was always on Zhang Zhaoyi, so she naturally noticed her gaze, so she smiled and explained to her: "Is sister Zhang looking for sister Hui Fei? You don't know yet, do you? Your Majesty sent someone to tell me this morning , I will spare Concubine Hui’s greetings today.”

Although the concubines who came before Zhang Zhaoyi already knew why Jiang Wan didn't come to pay her respects, they were still uncontrollably jealous of Jiang Wan when they heard the queen tell her the reason why she didn't come to pay her respects.

Compared to Zhang Zhaoyi, Jiang Wan was the one who was truly favored. Even when Zhang Zhaoyi was the most favored in the past, the emperor did not make an exception for her and exempted her from greetings.

Thinking that after the emperor returned from a trip to the summer resort, he became more and more doting on Jiang Wan. In the past three months, he had not been to any other concubines except Jiang Wan. Who in the entire harem did not envy her? .

Now Jiang Wan has become the biggest winner in life. A village girl from the countryside has become the most favored woman in the harem, and she has also given birth to the emperor's only heir.

After hearing the queen's explanation, Zhang Zhaoyi was naturally jealous.

Although she didn't like the Queen, to her, Jiang Wan was more annoying than the Queen.

If it weren't for Jiang Wan stealing her favor, she would still be the favored concubine in Emperor Jiaqing's harem, a high-ranking concubine.

Zhang Zhaoyi has naturally grown a lot after suffering so many losses. She knew that the queen might have deliberately told her about Emperor Jiaqing's love for Jiang Wan, so that she would be jealous of Jiang Wan and create trouble for Jiang Wan.

However, although she was jealous of Jiang Wan and wanted to cause trouble for Jiang Wan, she was not willing to be the one to take the lead.

What's more, it's the Queen's responsibility to take care of this matter.

"Empress, as the queen, you are the master of the harem. You must take care of your majesty and advise him to keep the rain and dew wet." Zhang Zhaoyi left the matter to the queen.

Hearing what Zhang Zhaoyi said, all the concubines present agreed. They had long been dissatisfied with Jiang Wan's behavior of occupying Emperor Jiaqing, but none of them dared to be the one who stood out. Now when they heard what Zhang Zhaoyi said, they all agreed. He said: "Yes, my dear, you are the queen. You don't care who comes in this matter. Just go and talk to His Majesty and persuade His Majesty."

When the queen heard this, she felt extremely embarrassed.

Her original intention was to have Zhang Zhaoyi and Jiang Wan confront each other. These two people were the people she hated the most. If they could fight to the death, then she would be able to reap the benefits.

But who knew that Zhang Zhaoyi, who had always been stupid and brainless, became smarter today. Not only did he not follow her plan, he also pushed the problem to her.

If it were in the past, the queen would naturally not feel embarrassed. As they said, she is the queen after all, and that should be her responsibility. It is only appropriate for her to talk to Emperor Jiaqing.

But now she is not favored by Emperor Jiaqing and has been deprived of her rights as queen. If she tries to persuade Emperor Jiaqing at this time, she is afraid that she will be even more disgusted by him.

So naturally she couldn't go.

The queen sighed and said: "You also know that I have now incurred the emperor's disgust, and even the Phoenix Seal has been taken away. How can my words be convincing to the emperor?"

"Then let Concubine Hui occupy the Emperor's favor? This is too unfair to everyone! The Emperor belongs to all of us!" said a concubine.

"If Concubine Hui comes to pay her respects tomorrow, we can ask Concubine Hui to let the emperor out!" Another concubine suggested.

Obviously, everyone was very dissatisfied with Jiang Wan's behavior of occupying Emperor Jiaqing.

In the past, although Emperor Jiaqing had a limited number of visits to the harem every month, they might not be favored for half a year or even a year, but at least there was still hope.

What's more, they couldn't bear to see Jiang Wan gain the exclusive favor of Emperor Jiaqing.

"If she was willing to give way to the Emperor, she would not have occupied the Emperor since she came back from the Summer Resort, so it would be useless to look for her. If you were Concubine Hui, you would be willing to push the Emperor away when he came to your palace. Huh?" However, the concubine, who was relatively rational, felt that asking Jiang Wan to take the initiative to let Emperor Jiaqing out would not work.

Her words made all the concubines fall silent.

Indeed, if they were Jiang Wan, they would definitely not give up their favor unless they were fools.

"I think it's better to go to the Queen Mother. The Emperor will definitely listen to what the Queen Mother says." In the end, the Queen came up with the best way.

Emperor Jiaqing has always been filial, so if the Queen Mother comes forward, he will definitely listen to the Queen Mother.

After hearing this, everyone expressed their agreement and said, "Your method is better, and there is no one more appropriate than the Queen Mother to speak to her."

Only the mother and son knew about the original conversation between Emperor Jiaqing and the Queen Mother, not even Nanny Qin. Therefore, the concubines naturally didn't know about it, and it was useless for them to find the Queen Mother.

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